[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PQr6Y1tMaY[/youtube] When it comes to different school of reef aquarium aesthetics, our penchant definitely lies on the side of less is more. Case in point is this beautiful simple reef aquarium featuring two bommies of rock, a few…
New video highlights use of Ecoxotic Cannon LED over a nice bommie of SPS corals
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US3z-z-f6Jg[/youtube] One of the coolest things to do with LED lights is not how good they make corals look or how efficient they are, but their use in slightly remotely placed spotlighting. IN this example of Ecoxotic LED…
Puzzling creature washed ashore thought to be rare oarfish
A strange looking creature found along the Florida coastline by a couple out on a stroll is thought to be an oarfish. As the longest of the “bony” fishes, the oarfish can average lengths up to 26 ft. in length.…
Blue Harbor’s close up video of Lipogramma robinsi shows this fascinating basslet in great detail
Just last week were thrilled to share the first great photograph of the almost completely unknown Lipogramma robinsi, the first specimen to be captured in a live photograph. This week the high rolling fish collectors at Blue Harbor have put…
1,500-gallon reef aquarium a beautiful specimen after four years
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2itCSx1HdM[/youtube] We featured this 1,500-gallon aquarium nearly two years ago on a post featuring Borbonius anthias (Odontanthias borbonius) shared by Aquatic Art, Inc. and this new video shows how nicely this tank has matured over the last four years. The corals…
RalfP’s mature reef aquarium is a world class coral display
RalfP’s reef aquarium is totally dope on so many levels it’s hard to know where to begin describing it. Huge mature coral colonies are creatively positioned together with large giant clams and plenty of open space in between that it…
Gardens of the Queen in Cuba covered by 60 Minutes, prime example of what reef conservation can do
The Gardens of the Queen is a coral reef off the coast of Cuba that may very well be one of the most healthy and vibrant reefs in the Caribbean. Coral growth at gardens of the Queen is abundant, large…
Albino bamboo cat sharks, born and displayed at the Denver Downtown Aquarium
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7TNjM7Y1bw[/youtube] Albino sharks and albino stingrays are remarkably rare in the wild and in captivity and so when we visit the Denver Downtown Aquarium, we just have to stop by and see their two albino bamboo cat sharks.…
Red Sea MAX S 500 line of aquariums gets a thorough video walkthrough
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIX5UjITQ3k[/youtube] Red Sea has been teasing their MAX S line of large, all-in-one marine aquariums ever since we first saw them at InterZoo 2010 in Nuremberg, Germany. As much as we’ve tried to describe the lovely Red Sea…
